I know I\’ve already put up one “Academic Brownshirts” blog today. But this one is so sickening that it\’s going up as well.
Suppose someone put the following comment on a social media venue, about the police officer who “resigned” (I\’m guessing he was pressured) from his job in McKinney Texas, over that pool party incident.
“He did nothing wrong. He was afraid for his life. I commend him for his actions,”
I will not ask whether you agree or disagree with the opinion you just read. I will ask whether the person who wrote it has a right to that opinion.
Seems like a ridiculous question, doesn\’t it? OF COURSE he/she does.
Except the Principal of a High School in Florida has lost his job for daring to express it.
Can\’t believe that could possibly happen? Then read this excerpt from Christina Veiga\’s article in the Miami Herald:
The principal of North Miami Senior High School inadvertently injected himself into the racially charged national debate over police treatment of blacks with a social media comment – and it wound up costing him his position at the school.
The Miami-Dade County school district announced Wednesday that Alberto Iber had been removed as principal after going online to defend a white Texas police officer who waved a gun at black teens while responding to a call about an unruly pool party.
In a brief statement, the district said employees are required to conduct themselves, both personally and professionally, in a manner that represents the school district\’s core values. The district said a replacement would be named shortly and that Iber would be reassigned to administrative duties.
Believe me now?
Here\’s a question for Miami-Dade County Superintendent of Schools, Alberto Carvalho – and for the writer, Christina Veiga, whose sympathies clearly lie with Mr. Carvalho\’s decision: If Alberto Iber had written “I\’m glad that officer no longer has his job, he should go to jail too”, would he still be the Principal of North Miami Senior High School? Honest answer, please.
But that\’s not the point, is it? The point is that, if you don\’t like Alberto Iber\’s opinion, it doesn\’t matter whether he has a right to it. You just get rid of him! Because if he is gone, so is the opinion.
Academic Brownshirtism at its finest. And it is taking over our schools.
